Minna Lee (they/them/she/her) is a Hmong-Vietnamese American playwright and animator who brings audiences into whimsical worlds full of queer joy and strange magic. They are a recipient of the Dramatist Guild's 2024 Lanford Wilson Award, a 2025 Audrey Resident at New Georges, a MacDowell Fellow, a Van Lier New Voices Fellowship Finalist, and a member of the 2025 Ma-Yi Lab Playground Program.
Their work includes My Home on the Moon (World Premiere at San Francisco Playhouse directed by Mei Ann Teo, 2024 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist), ACTING STRANGER co-written and performed with Andrew Schneider and Fox Whitney (On the Boards and LA Performance Practice) and Last Gold (2024 National Playwright’s Conference Semi-Finalist). Their short stories have been published in various literary journals including the Bricolage, You Flower/You Feast, and Call Me [Brackets]. They were the lead animator for Cloud House (On the Boards' Blackbox Weathermxn series) in collaboration with writer/performer Brendan Mack.
Minna is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, a member of TAG at The Tank, and a 2022 Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room Fellow.
BA: University of Washington - Creative Writing
MFA: Hunter College - Playwriting
